Role of C3 Cleavage in Monocyte Activation During Extracorporeal Circulation
Rinder C, Rinder H, Johnson K, Smith M, Lee D, Tracey J, Polack G, Higgins P, Yeh C, Smith MD B. Role of C3 Cleavage in Monocyte Activation During Extracorporeal Circulation. Circulation 1999, 100: 553-558. PMID: 10430771, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.5.553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonocyte activationC5b-9CD11b upregulationComplement inhibitionExtracorporeal circulationPlatelet activationTerminal complement inhibitionMonocyte-platelet conjugatesComplement regulatory protein CD46Early complement componentsPMN elastase releaseGeneration of C3aMicrograms/mLCardiopulmonary bypassBlood cell activationPMN activationElastase releaseCell activationHuman volunteersMicrograms/Complement activationPrevents plateletComplement componentsWhole bloodCommon pathway